2012-12-26
2012-12-26
x los angeles

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CNNW 5
KGO (ABC) 1
KICU 1
KPIX (CBS) 1
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they are hands on the military style rifle used in the newtown, connecticut, school shooting, the ar-15. there's been a run on ar-15's at gun stores too. rick friedman owns rtft in randolph, new jersey. >> i normally sell 15 or 20 a month. i've sold 30 in the last three days. >> reporter: the reason, he says, is clear. >> because people want to make sure they can own them legally before they have that right taken away. >> reporter: the white house said after the newtown shooting that president obama supports a ban on assault weapons proposed by california democratic senator dianne feinstein. getting it through congress quickly is highly unlikely, but the mere mention of a ban is enough to send sales soaring and, it's not just guns. brownells said it recently sold more than three and a half years worth of ar-15 magazines in three days. even before newtown, sales of guns and ammunition this year were surging. fbi background checks of potential gun buyers were up 31% in november 2012 over 2011. in a report issued prior to newtown, the market research firm ida's world that tracks the gun industry,

reduce the carnage in a situation like newtown? >> i don't believe that's going to make one difference. >> it's not known whether that magazine was an authentic clip or just a prop. possessing a large capacity magazine is illegal in the district of columbia. police are investigating. nbc not commenting. >>> guess what it's boxing in the uk, canada and several other country and shoppers are mobbing the stores. these are the crowds in london. the 26th of december is like black friday here in the united states. analysts expect 4 million british shopper also spend nearly $5 billion today, back here at home, it will be a similar scene today as people head to return those unwanted gifts and jump on big post holiday sales and we do mean big. check out this deal from best buy, a 32 inch tv for under $200. those are the kinds of deals we're seeing at major retailers. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange. tell us more. >> it's like having a flashback to black friday. the deals, everybody killing each other just to get the deals but if you're a retailer you take a big hit on a day like

in newtown in their hearts and on their minds over the christmas holiday. there is now a plan to save the thousands of the items honoring the sandy hook school shooting victims. the flowers, the signs, the teddy bears and the tributes will become part of a sacred memorial. we'll tell you about that. >>> also, i'll talk with a congressman who wants to use the national rifle association against itself on gun reform. if there is a disconnect between nra members and the nra leadership. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gi of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. it's lots of things. all waking up. ♪ becoming part of the global phenomenon we call the internet of everything. ♪ trees will talk to networks will talk to scientists about climate change. cars will talk to road sensors will talk to stoplights about traffic efficiency. the ambulance will talk to patient records will talk to doctors about saving lives. it's going to be amazing. and exciting. and maybe, most remarkably, not that far away. the next big thing? we'

. >> reporter: he had with him three guns including a semi automatic rifle. the same weapon used in the newtown connecticut massacre. he also had plenty of ammunition. >> when i was being told by investigators there were a lot of ammunition around. he was ready to go to war. >> reporter: authorities say they believe they found his sister's remains in the house the two shared and that spangler set ablaze. >> we did locate apparent human remains in the ruins. the assumption is that it's the shooter's sister. >> reporter: why spangler the set off the attack nobody knows. when spangl er's mother recently died she asked for doe neighs to the fire department. we may never know what was going through his mind. >>> it was a somber christmas in newtown connecticut as the sidewalk memorial for the 26 victims killed at an elementary school almost two weeks ago continues to grow. today volunteers kept watch over a candlelight vigil to make sure they remained burning all day. police officers from near by towns filled in for newtown police to make sure they had christmas off. >>> here at home crews in santa

. the same weapon used in the newtown connecticut massacre. he also had plenty of ammunition. >> when i was being told by investigators there were a lot of ammunition around. he was ready to go to war. >> reporter: authorities say they believe they found his sister's remains in the house the two shared and that spangler set ablaze. >> we did locate apparent human remains in the ruins. the assumption is that it's the shooter's sister. >> reporter: why spangler the set off the attack nobody knows. when spangl er's mother recently died she asked for doe neighs to the fire department. we may never know what was going through his mind. >>> it was a somber christmas in newtown connecticut as the sidewalk memorial for the 26 victims killed at an elementary school almost two weeks ago continues to grow. today volunteers kept watch over a candlelight vigil to make sure they remained burning all day. police officers from near by towns filled in for newtown police to make sure they had christmas off. >>> here at home crews in santa clara county spent the day looking for the cause of a three alarm

several inches of snow over the weekend, creating dangerous conditions. >>> in newtown, connecticut, thousands of people from all over the country came to pay their respects on christmas day. volunteers have been keeping watch over a candle light vigil for the 20 children and 6 adults who died in the massacre. and at christmas services, they were told that good always overcomes evil. >> i can't believe something like this happened. i have two little children and i'm able to go home to them and some of their parents aren't. so i'm just here to pay my respects. >> it's not just small towns around connecticut, south carolina, brooklyn, you know, it's deserved of course, but it's hard to compartmentalize this. >> volunteers from nearby towns filled in for the newtown police force so those officers could spend the day with their families. >>> there are disturbing details about the killing of two firefighters near rochester, new york, including a letter from the killer. 62-year-old william spangler used the same make and caliber rifle that was used in the newtown attack. police yesterday

'll get right to it. it sfwens fied after the horrific shooting in a newtown, connecticut school that left 6 adults and 20 first graders dead. today los angeles is holding a gun buy-back program. it's usually in may but the mayor decided to move it up after the newtown shootings. >> people want to do something, particularly after the newtown tragedy. now this latest tragedy where two firefighters were shot and killed. they want to act. they're tired of waiting on the congress and our legislatures to do something. they feel like there's too much talk and not enough action, and this is an opportunity for people to act it to get rid of guns they don't use that they don't need that too often are stoelden. in fact they're used in an accident. >> the newspaper is facing a backlash after it published the names and addresses of gun permit holding in new york's westchester and rock lynn counties. they published an interactive map on the website. it allows readers to zoom in on red dots that show which residences have gun licenses. they say it's in response to the massacre in connecticut, but many r

the information. quote the massacre in newtown remains at the top for many of the readers. our website as hapb keenly focused on gun control. this is not the first time the paper has published information about gun permits. it did so back in 2006. said reaction this time was much greater due do the popularity of social media. the paper is owned by ganette it has been struggling economically. it eliminated last year 12 oeupb 5% of its staff. they say resources were being preserve used to proceed serve relevant contact. they are posting online personal information of the executives of the newspaper. the paper said he owns a smith and west on 357 magnum. gregg: i'm going to be interested to see if my name is on the list since i live there. folks there think that the newspaper is run by idiots and morons, and this may have proved them correct i don't know. we'll see. david lee miller, thanks very much. heather: well, there is that. gregg: yes, there is that. you know what they are trying to do, they are trying to sigma ty people and it's very mean spirit towed do it especially right now. heather:

will, for a conference post the shooting in newtown? >> i think they were respectful that they waited. a response was demanded and he articulated the position. he might not have arctticulatedt like i would have. i emphasized the independence of my study group and the emphasis of school safety and i'm grateful for the nra offering a positive solution in terms of school safety and focusing on the debate on that, which i think is the right debate that we have. they'll debate and my former institution of congress the issue of further restrictions. i want to focus on the safety side of the children and i think that's the right debate to have that will provide long term solutions. >> asa hutchinson, always good to see you. thanks for giving us a little bit of time in "the situation room." >>> is "meet the press's" david gregory in hot water with d.c. police over an interview he does with the nra? we're taking a look at the legal ramifications. as we go to break, a live picture of honolulu. president obama leaving this beautiful day behind as he heads back to washington in the next few hours

the massive los angeles -- the unified school district may be making security changes after the newtown shooting. what changes can we expect? >> reporter: that district has about 1,000 schools. the high schools, about 400 of them, already have armed police officers on duty. but the middle schools and the elementary schools do not have armed guards. they will not be getting an armed guard for 24 hours. but they say they may have enough officers to make sure that at least once a day, somebody at least stops by an elementary school, a member of the police department, so there's just sort of that further layer of possible enforcement there. >> paul vercammen, thank you. >>> if you live in l.a. and would like to exchange your gun for a gift card, you can hand in your weapon at the l.a. sports arena and the van nuys masonic temple. details are on the lapdonline.org. hair pulls, stink eyes, man we see eveything. oh, it's the old man. hold on, i gotta send something out. you can have two apps open at the same time? how'd you do that? it's the galaxy note 10.1 man, it just does it. how do you th

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